20181105-08: RDA Plenary P12 in Gaborone, BotswanaThe second edition of International Data Week (IDW 2018) will be held on 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana (see announcement). Hosted by the Botswana Open Science and Open Data Forum, IDW 2018 will bring together data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from all parts of the globe.https://www.rda-deutschland.de/events/20181105-08-rda-plenary-p12-in-gaborone-botswanahttps://www.rda-deutschland.de/@@site-logo/RDA_Node_DE_Horz25.png

20181105-08: RDA Plenary P12 in Gaborone, Botswana

The second edition of International Data Week (IDW 2018) will be held on 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana (see announcement). Hosted by the Botswana Open Science and Open Data Forum, IDW 2018 will bring together data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from all parts of the globe.

The second edition of International Data Week (IDW 2018) will be held on 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana (see announcement). Hosted by the Botswana Open Science and Open Data Forum, IDW 2018 will bring together data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from all parts of the globe.

Co-organized by the ICSU World Data System (WDS), the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), this landmark event will address the theme of ‘The Digital Frontiers of Global Science’. In a hyperconnected world where the internet is pervasive and web technologies are driving major changes in our lives, research has become more than ever before digital and international. Furthermore, the major societal and scientific challenges facing humanity in this digital age are profoundly global in character, requiring the participation of researchers from all countries and disciplines. The data revolution is also a major source of the scientific opportunities to address these issues but to realise these potentials the frontiers of science, data analysis and stewardship must be advanced. Likewise, the data revolution must be inclusive, benefitting all, and harnessing all energies: no parts of the world and no disciplines should be left behind.